The Leaders Connect community will be gathering tomorrow for the first time since 2020. We have been operating on a twice-a-month basis via zoom, but now it is time to go live. For the past 30 years, Leaders Connect has brought together leaders from various communities: the business sector, nonprofits, universities, government, and young emerging leaders and students. What do we do? First, we network. People move around the room to discuss what they have been doing in …
Remember to join us for the Leaders Connect Welcome Back: Re-Connect With Old Friends at Zingerman’s Southside on August 30 from 4 – 6 PM. More details can be found at the bottom of this blog. When I First Became a Risk-Taker If you consider yourself a risk taker, (and if you’re reading this blog about leadership, you probably are already a risk taker) you might ask yourself, when did you become a risk taker and why? Last week I visited my son and his …
Welcome back Leaders Connect! You’ve been invited to the FIRST event back since 2020! Dr. Rob and Robin (Weber) Pollak of Journeys International will lead some fun structured networking. Since COVID has put a lot of obstacles in all of our personal and professional lives, I am ecstatic to start back up in-person events to see all of your smiling faces and meet some new friends along the way. Our first event back will be held at Zingerman’s …
It’s really quite simple. In the complex and dynamic world of technology, you are falling behind if you aren’t learning. I know this well; I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my life how many I’ve made over and over again. But slowly, I am learning. In the complexity you face every day, errors and mistakes are inevitable. No one knows enough to get it right every time, every day. However, when you find you’ve made a mistake, ask yourself a simple …
As a deeply spiritual person, I find great comfort and guidance in the deceptively simple Serenity Prayer. I first heard it recited by Robert F. Kennedy, shortly before he was assassinated in 1968 while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Bobby lived through extremely turbulent times including World War II, the assassination of his brother, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights Movement, and the quagmire of the Vietnam war. The prayer gave comfort to Mr. …
I was recently sent a nice review of my book, Self-Aware: A Guide for Success in Work and Life by Cheryl Meyer for Finance Management Maginze. It is a good summary of some strategies for boosting your self-awareness. Today and this week, I am making my book available for free download on Amazon. If you have read it, I would appreciate you writing a review, positive or negative, on Amazon Reviews for the book. I would like to create an Audible version of the book. Please let me …